HILL COUNTRY THEATERS & MOVIES

Here is our collection of venues for the performing arts. We have included everything related to professional and amateur theater groups.

This list does not include musical groups (see Hill Country Singers/Bands/Musicians links below).

Be sure to check out the detailed profile page in this Portal site for each town to see their event calendar and more detail on fun things to do in the area.

Best to check their web site or call them to get the latest details.

Note: some movie theaters also have live performances, and live theater venues show movies.

And, we have separate pages on this Portal site dedicated to Hill Country Theater,
Hill Country Bands/Groups and Hill Country Entertainment.

(We welcome submission of updates, additions, corrections & digital photos, without compensation.)

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LIVE THEATER, PLAY HOUSES & performing groups

BACK DOOR THEATRE (Boerne Community Theatre): 830-249-9166; 809 N. Main, Boerne, TX; www.backdoortheatre.com; For the past dozen years, they have been the nonprofit theatre of the community of Boerne. Season consists of five productions a year, plus additional special events such as a new cabaret series and an annual drama camp for children.

KATHLEEN C. CAILLOUX THEATER: 830-792-7469; Symphony of the Hills, Kerrville, TX. www.symphonyofthehills.org; www.caillouxtheater.com

CIRCLE ARTS THEATRE: 124 Elizabeth, New Braunfels, TX; 830/609-3092; www.circleartstheatre.org; Elizabeth Elliott founded Circle Arts in 1968 and has kept it going strong ever since, staging four plays each season, including an original melodrama performed during October's Wurstfest celebration. Circle Arts also offers theatre classes for children ages 7-14 and, for middle school and high school students, the Inner Circle theatre company.

CORRAL THEATRE: 512-847-5994; Rocky River Ranch, 100 Flite Acres Road, Wimberley, TX. www.corraltheatre.com. The original walk-in outdoor theatre. First-run movies under the beautiful, TX sky.

EMILY ANN THEATRE: 512-847-6969; 1101 FM 2325, Wimberley, TX 8676. www.emilyann.org. An outdoor theatre venue for the performing arts.

FREDERICKSBURG CHILDREN's CHORAL: 830-997-0212; 135 E Main, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
FREDERICKSBURG THEATER COMPANY: 888-669-7111; 830/997-3588; 306 E Austin, Fredericksburg, TX 78624; www.fredericksburgtheater.org. For six seasons they have been adding live stage work to the cultural amenities of this favorite Hill Country destination. Under the direction of Jeryl Hoover, the company stages up to six productions a season, two of them musicals, which are performed in either the Gillespie County Historical Society Center or the Fredericksburg High School Auditorium.

HILL COUNTRY CHILDREN's THEATRE: 830-990-5752; PO Box 304,Fredericksburg, TX 78624

THE HILL COUNTRY THEATRE: 830-798-8944; 4003 FM 2147, Marble Falls (Cottonwood Shores), TX 78654. www.hcct.org; Founded in 1986 by GiGi Fischer and the late Phyl Holbert, they stage family-oriented theatre, with four nonmusical and two musical productions per season, with at least one summer production geared toward the involvement of kids as well as adults.

HILL COUNTRY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: 830-257-0809; www.hillcountryyouthorchestras.org

KERR ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: 830-895-2911; 228 Earl Garrett (Old Post Office), Downtown Kerrville. www.kacckerrville.com

LANTEX THEATER: 325-247-5656; 113 W Main St, Llano, TX. On the square, one of a few single screen theaters still operating in the state. Also home of the Llano Country Opry. See schedule at www.heartoftexascountry.com

MASON OPRY: 325-597-2119; Odeon Theater, Mason, TX; See schedule at www.heartoftexascountry.com

PLAYHOUSE 2000: 830-896-9393; 910 Main Street, Kerrville; www.play2k.org; Bringing professional quality amateur theater to Kerr County. Theatre veterans Susan and Doug Balentine formed Playhouse 2000 in 1998, after six years with the Hill Country Arts Foundation in the early Nineties. They wanted their own year-round community theatre and performing-arts school, and they not only built that, they are also building, in partnership with the city of Kerrville, a modern performing-arts center out of the old Kerrville Municipal Auditorium.

PALACE THEATRE: 512-869-7469; 810 S Austin Avenue, Georgetown, TX 78627

RIVER DANCE THEATRE: 512-396-8736; 101 E Hopkins, San Marcos, TX 78666

ROCKBOX THEATER: 830-997-7625; 109 N. Llano, Fredericksburg, TX. A professional variety live-music, Rock 'n' Roll show with 4 performances per week. www.rockboxtheater.com

(The) SECOND ACT TROUPE: 512-618-3355; A traveling Company of actors 55 years and over. The Wimberley based non-profit Company was formed in early 2008 to provide performance opportunities for its members who are all experienced veterans from several regional community theatres. specializes in performing one act plays that are carefully selected for performance by its members and also to entertain and stimulate audiences with material that is rarely performed in community theatre.

SMITH-RITCH POINT THEATRE: 507 Hwy. 39 W., Ingram, TX; 830-367-5122; www.hcaf.com; Part of the Hill Country Arts Foundation, the Point Theatre is in its 45th year of producing theatre on the banks of the Guadalupe River. During summer, the 722-seat outdoor amphitheatre offers theatre under the stars, while the rest of the year the indoor Pavilion Theatre, seating 140, provides an intimate space for drama, poetry, or improv from the Pointless Players.

S.T.A.G.E. Inc.: Krause House, 1300 Bulverde Rd., Bulverde; 830/438-2339; S.T.A.G.E. (which stands for Spotlight Theatre & Arts Group Etc.) has been developing public interest in theatre just north of San Antonio for 20 years. Activities include: four shows per season with one or two additional "director's choice specials," a contest-entry production for the American Association of Community Theatres festivals, and classes for children and adults.

STEVE W. SHEPARD THEATER: 830-997-3588; 1668 Hwy 87 S, Fredericksburg, TX; Fredericksburg Theater Company, A stage for all seasons: www.fredericksburgtheater.org

TEXAS ACTORS THEATER: 830-990-7529; 302 N. Columbus, Fredericksburg, TX 78624

THE UPTOWN MARBLE THEATER: 830-693-9996; 218 Main Street, Marble Falls, TX; www.uptownmarble.com. Also see schedule at www.heartoftexascountry.com

WIMBERLEY PLAYERS: 512-847-1592; entertaining Wimberley and Surrounding Communities since 1979. Focused on bringing the magic of theatre to the community. 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX 78676; www.wimberleyplayers.org.

UVALDE ARTS COUNCIL: Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House, 104 W. North, Uvalde, TX; 830-278-4184; www.uvaldeoperahouse.com; Operating out of Uvalde's Grand Opera House, a magnificent structure built in 1891 and restored in 1982, the Uvalde Arts Council produces four to five community productions each season.

MOVIE THEATERS

LANTEX THEATER: 325-247-5656; 113 W Main St, Llano, TX. On the square, one of a few single screen theaters still operating in the state. Also home of the Llano Country Opry.

ODEON THEATRE: 915-347-9010; 122 S. Moody St., Mason, TX, 76856. Restored theater. One movie at a time.

RIO 10 CINEMAS: 830-792-5170; 1401 Bandera Hwy, Kerrville, TX

SHOW BIZ CINEMAS: Movie Line: 830-798-8463; 2600 Hwy 281 N, Marble Falls, TX 78654; Information: (830)-798-9007; Movie Schedule

THE UPTOWN MARBLE THEATER: 830-693-9996; 218 Main Street, Marble Falls, TX; www.uptownmarble.com

STAGECOACH THEATER: 830-997-1777; 2254 Hwy 87 South, Fredericksburg, TX. www.stagecoachtheater.com